# migrate-to-rstest

Migrates Jest, Vitest, or Playwright Test suites to Rstest while keeping test discovery, assertions, mocks, snapshots, and coverage intact. For moving a runner without rewriting scenarios.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 420 installs · ★ 97
- Author: rstackjs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
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## What it does

The skill follows a strict order: detect the runner and smallest runnable scope first, check installed dependencies, then edit scripts, config, and setup before touching test bodies. A dependency gate stops it from picking an Rstest API that does not match the installed version.

It ships reference files per source runner: Jest, Vitest, Playwright Test, global APIs, and the `[MODULE_TYPELESS_PACKAGE_JSON]` config warning. The Playwright path only loads when the detected runner is actually Playwright Test, not for any browser-related request.

Some Rstest behavior is easy to get wrong. `rstest run` is single-run; watch mode is a separate `rstest --watch`. `globals` defaults to `false`, so global APIs need `globals: true` plus `@rstest/core/globals` types. `rs.mock()` is runtime replacement and does not prune the real module graph from the build. The skill keeps the previous runner in place until Rstest is green.

After migration it compares pre- and post-migration test manifests and classifies every added, removed, skipped, or excluded test. A green run is not proof of equivalence. Jest snapshots get a separate cleanup and `unchecked` validation pass.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill migrate-to-rstest -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/migrate-to-rstest/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill migrate-to-rstest -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill migrate-to-rstest -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rstackjs/agent-skills migrate-to-rstest
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill migrate-to-rstest -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills --path skills/migrate-to-rstest
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rstackjs/agent-skills --skill migrate-to-rstest -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/rstackjs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/migrate-to-rstest/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- move tests from Jest to Rstest without losing discovery
- keep mocks, snapshots, and coverage working after the switch
- spot config fields Rstest does not support
- verify test counts match before and after migration
- track down a performance regression after the move

## Example prompts
- migrate this project's tests from Vitest to Rstest
- migrate only this test file from Jest, leave the rest alone
- compare the post-migration test manifest with the baseline and show differences

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Migrate to Rstest

## Goal

Migrate the smallest runnable Jest, Vitest, or Playwright Test scope with minimal behavior change. Use documentation and types that match the installed Rstest version; use latest online docs only after the capability gate confirms they apply.

## Workflow

1. Detect the runner, environment, Rstack integration, and smallest runnable scope with `references/detect-test-framework.md`.
2. Run `references/dependency-install-gate.md` before choosing Rstest, coverage, adapter, or plugin APIs.
3. Before editing, record the exact command, Node and runner versions, environment, files/tests/skips/snapshots, and failures. Capture the pre-migration test manifest and follow `references/discovery-parity.md` throughout the migration.
4. For Jest read `references/jest-migration-deltas.md`; for Vitest read `references/vitest-migration-deltas.md`; for global APIs also read `references/global-api-migration.md`; for a detected Playwright Test runner read `references/playwright-migration-deltas.md`. Do not load the Playwright path for a browser-only request whose runner is not Playwright Test. Migrate scripts, config, and setup before editing test bodies; prefer adapter or Rsbuild/Rspack fixes over broad test rewrites.
5. If config loading emits `[MODULE_TYPELESS_PACKAGE_JSON]`, use `references/config-module-type.md`. Do not suppress the warning or change the whole package module type without an audit.
6. Get the migrated scope semantically green. Fix failures in this order: dependency skew, config/resolver, discovery, setup/environment/coverage, mocks/timers/snapshots, then test bodies.
7. Compare the post-migration manifest and execution counts with the baseline. Classify every added, removed, skipped, or excluded test explicitly; do not call a run equivalent merely because it is green. For Jest snapshot migrations, also complete the snapshot cleanup and `unchecked` validation in `references/jest-migration-deltas.md`.
8. Remove temporary aliases, diagnostic hooks, and copied legacy workarounds that are no longer required. Keep only configuration proven necessary by behavior or measurement.
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